‘If they don’t stop, Tehran will turn into Gaza’: Iranians describe night of terror

People tell of scenes of panic during airstrikes on Iran’s capital, with several saying they feared they would die

Sleeplessness, fear and exhaustion gripped residents of Tehran as successive waves of strikes struck the Iranian capital, judging from messages sent by people in the city after the latest overnight onslaught, which several described as the worst bombardment in six days of war.

With Iran imposing a near-total internet blackout, information emerging from inside the country is fragmentary and difficult to verify. But in a series of accounts sent through proxy connections, and calls with friends abroad, Tehranis described a night of intense explosions.

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‘The memories stay behind’: hundreds of thousands flee the Israeli bombs in Beirut

The normally vibrant southern suburbs are a ghost town, their throngs of people replaced by rubble and fires

The ding of half a million phones, a pause and a collective gasp: in an instant, more than 500,000 people had been made homeless.

Shooting in the air, panicked phone calls and honking filled the streets of Beirut as people began to flee. Thousands abandoned their cars and began the slow march to the sea, desperate to escape the Israeli bombs which they knew would soon fall on their homes, whether they were in them or not.

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Peruvian state responsible for mother’s death in forced sterilisation, court rules

Landmark ruling in Celia Ramos case finds 310,000 women, most Indigenous, were targeted in brutal 1990s campaign

The highest human rights court in Latin America condemned Peru on Thursday over the death of its citizen Celia Ramos, who died at the age of 34 in 1997 after undergoing sterilisation “under coercion”.

The landmark ruling by the inter-American court of human rights (IACHR) is the first on Peru’s forced sterilisation programme, which operated between 1996 and 2000 and was directed against poor, rural and Indigenous women.

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Iran and Hezbollah launched coordinated missile attack to overwhelm Israeli air defenses, IDF says – ynetnews

  1. Iran and Hezbollah launched coordinated missile attack to overwhelm Israeli air defenses, IDF says  ynetnews
  2. As Iran war rages, Israel seizes chance to finish the job against Hezbollah  CNN
  3. Something New Is Happening in Lebanon  The Atlantic
  4. Lebanon at ‘Tipping Point’ as It Seeks to Disarm Hezbollah - The New York Times  The New York Times
  5. Lebanon: Beirut evacuees 'sleeping in tents and cars'  BBC
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Indonesia to ban social media for children under 16

Platforms include YouTube, TikTok and Instagram as communication minister says ‘our children face real threats’

Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, its communication and digital affairs minister said on Friday.

Meutya Hafid said in a statement to media said that she signed a government regulation that will mean children under the age of 16 can no longer have accounts on high-risk digital platforms, including YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, Roblox and Bigo Live, a popular livestreaming site. With a population of about 285 million, the fourth-highest in the world, the south-east Asian nation represents a significant market for social networks.

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Sri Lanka takes custody of an Iranian vessel off its coast after US sank an Iranian warship – AP News

  1. Sri Lanka takes custody of an Iranian vessel off its coast after US sank an Iranian warship  AP News
  2. Why the Torpedoed Iranian Warship Is a Political Problem for India  The New York Times
  3. Iranian vessel suffers engine failure, offloads crew days after US submarine sank other ship  Fox News
  4. Iran Warns U.S. Will ‘Bitterly Regret’ Sinking Iranian Warship  Time Magazine
  5. How US sinking of Iranian warship blew hole in Modi’s ‘guardian’ claims  Al Jazeera
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Middle East war: Trump says no deal with Iran except ‘unconditional surrender’ – Financial Times

  1. Middle East war: Trump says no deal with Iran except ‘unconditional surrender’  Financial Times
  2. Trump demands "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER" from Iran  Axios
  3. Trump says no deal with Iran to end war without 'unconditional surrender'  CNBC
  4. Trump advisers work to mitigate a political nightmare on Iran as president fuels messaging chaos  CNN
  5. Trump rules out talks absent Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ as Israel strikes Lebanon  AP News
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EU blasts Zelenskyy over veiled threat against Orbán – politico.eu

  1. EU blasts Zelenskyy over veiled threat against Orbán  politico.eu
  2. Hungary will force Ukraine to reopen key pipeline for Russian oil, Orban says  Reuters
  3. Zelenskyy says Druzhba pipeline could be restored ‘in month and a half’ as he hits back at Orbán  Euronews.com
  4. Orbán Threatens to "Break Through Ukrainian Oil Blockade by Force"  Мілітарний
  5. Hungary says European Commission has not sided with it over Druzhba pipeline  Українська правда
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